An Oregon ironworker was one of the four people who died when a construction crane collapsed in Seattle on Saturday. Travis Corbet was a member of the ironworkers' union, Local 29, in Portland. The union announced Corbet's death on its website.
KOMO TV in Seattle reports that Corbet was a Marine veteran. He was working to help take down the crane when it toppled to the ground with him and another worker in the cab. Two people were also killed on the ground. One has been identified as a Seattle Pacific University student.
The Washington Department of Labor and Industries is taking the lead in figuring out why the crane collapsed in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood.
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